LightHeaded

LightHeaded is a very simple addon that displays quest information and comments from http://www.wowhead.com in game, eliminating the need to Alt-Tab when you get stuck on quest. This addon was inspired by qcomments and wowhead_quests, which both serve a similar purpose. Data is only loaded when you first request it, so you can be sure you're not using more memory than you need to.

/lh autodetails - Toggle automatic opening of the Lightheaded window when clicking a quest in the objective tracker

LightHeaded now includes the English descriptions and introductory text for most of the quests in the game. This is disabled by default, but can be enabled for those players that are not playing in their native locale.

IMPORTANT: Addon authors that wish to use this API and data should
include the wowhead logo in the frame that displays this information.
They are kind enough to let me continue parsing their database, and we
owe them at least that much. Thank you.

Thanks for using my addons!

Donations:
Some people have asked, so here is a way to send me donations:

- We now are able to properly reverse WowHead mapFileIds to the in-game
areaIds, so waypoints should be set in the correct zone.
- We don't know how to set a waypoint in an instanced zone, so we just
put those in the current zone
- Integration with MapNotes, Cartographer and friends always set in the
current zone.

hi i have a question, but i dont know if you guys already said it, since i came late in the forums. i downloaded the latest versions of lightheaded and nquestlog with no problem, but the comments and co-ords dont show when i click on the quest in the nquestlog table? are there any other things that im supposed to do, or is nquestlog not going to work with lightheaded anymore?

Originally posted by curricurritribe hi i have a question, but i dont know if you guys already said it, since i came late in the forums. i downloaded the latest versions of lightheaded and nquestlog with no problem, but the comments and co-ords dont show when i click on the quest in the nquestlog table? are there any other things that im supposed to do, or is nquestlog not going to work with lightheaded anymore?

I have no idea, you will have to ask the author of nquestlog. You can verify that LightHeaded is installed properly by disabling all addons except LightHeaded and checking with the default quest log.

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I'm using the lastest LH and TomTom with Carto.
When I login, i look to see what quests i have to do.
I click on cords in LH to set them with tomtom and carto.
Only problem is, when I click on the cords, it doesn't get placed.
I order for click on cords to get placed, I need to reload my UI. After that, everything works fine.

I'm using the lastest LH and TomTom with Carto.
When I login, i look to see what quests i have to do.
I click on cords in LH to set them with tomtom and carto.
Only problem is, when I click on the cords, it doesn't get placed.
I order for click on cords to get placed, I need to reload my UI. After that, everything works fine.

You'll need to enable Lua errors to see if you're getting an error message. Other than that, you'll need to do some troubleshooting to find out if there is an addon conflict. Let me know what you find out.

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"There's only one thing that I know how to do well and I've often been told that you only can do what you know how to do well, and that's be you-- be what you're like-- be like yourself. And so I'm having a wonderful time, but I'd rather be whistling in the dark..."

there is one annoying problem with LightHeaded and TomTom, and I hope I am not repeating the already said, but I found out this (and will post it in the TomTom Forum as well):

Sometimes the coordinates of LightHeaded waypoints are not formatted as expected by TomTom, e.g.

"You'll find BlaBlaBla at the coordinates [25,42.]"

Do you notice the "." at the end of the sentence? As this is drawn into the coordinates, it is causing TomTom to malfunction, when clicking on the coordinates it in LightHeaded... and this appears to be found often in the LightHeaded clues!

Is there an easy way to fix this? Check for trailing "." on coordinates?

This would be great!

Thank you for this marvellous addon anyway!!
Can't quest without it anymore!!

I click on a quest in the quest log (no addon) and then the LightHeaded tab. It displays the quest correctly. I then close the LightHeaded tab, select another quest and reopen LightHeaded. It now shows the first quest I clicked. No error messages along with it.

Also, if any comment contains a link that needs to be cached, when I Alt-click it to cache it, the comments are displayed on one page instead of one page per comment. If I just click the quest again it goes back to normal.

Do you notice the "." at the end of the sentence? As this is drawn into the coordinates, it is causing TomTom to malfunction, when clicking on the coordinates it in LightHeaded... and this appears to be found often in the LightHeaded clues!

Is there an easy way to fix this? Check for trailing "." on coordinates?

The thing is, sometimes you want the periods. A more accurate coordinate would have been 25.0, 42.0 (or even 25.0, 42.1.). It could get difficult to construct a mechanism to treat both correctly.. not impossible, I'm sure.

Random question just occured to me - when the coordinate is listed as 25,42, does TomTom place the waypoint at 25.0, 42.0, or at 25.5, 42.5? I'm guessing it's the former.. but the latter is in all probability closer to the actual destination.

there is one annoying problem with LightHeaded and TomTom, and I hope I am not repeating the already said, but I found out this (and will post it in the TomTom Forum as well):

Sometimes the coordinates of LightHeaded waypoints are not formatted as expected by TomTom, e.g.

"You'll find BlaBlaBla at the coordinates [25,42.]"

Do you notice the "." at the end of the sentence? As this is drawn into the coordinates, it is causing TomTom to malfunction, when clicking on the coordinates it in LightHeaded... and this appears to be found often in the LightHeaded clues!

Is there an easy way to fix this? Check for trailing "." on coordinates?

This would be great!

Thank you for this marvellous addon anyway!!
Can't quest without it anymore!!

HP

No, there's not an easy fix for it. Yes I will try to fix it.

__________________
"There's only one thing that I know how to do well and I've often been told that you only can do what you know how to do well, and that's be you-- be what you're like-- be like yourself. And so I'm having a wonderful time, but I'd rather be whistling in the dark..."

Originally posted by forty2j The thing is, sometimes you want the periods. A more accurate coordinate would have been 25.0, 42.0 (or even 25.0, 42.1.). It could get difficult to construct a mechanism to treat both correctly.. not impossible, I'm sure.

Random question just occured to me - when the coordinate is listed as 25,42, does TomTom place the waypoint at 25.0, 42.0, or at 25.5, 42.5? I'm guessing it's the former.. but the latter is in all probability closer to the actual destination.

All coordinates are treated in U.S. coordinate format. That means periods are the decimal separator, and commas are the x, y separator. 25,42 becomes 25.0 42.0.

Originally posted by Lombra Using r229, I'm seeing the following behaviour:

I click on a quest in the quest log (no addon) and then the LightHeaded tab. It displays the quest correctly. I then close the LightHeaded tab, select another quest and reopen LightHeaded. It now shows the first quest I clicked. No error messages along with it.

Also, if any comment contains a link that needs to be cached, when I Alt-click it to cache it, the comments are displayed on one page instead of one page per comment. If I just click the quest again it goes back to normal.

The LightHeaded frame only updates when it is visible, this is a feature considering any addon can at any point select a new quest for you.

The second is a bug, and if you report it formally I'll get it fixed.

__________________
"There's only one thing that I know how to do well and I've often been told that you only can do what you know how to do well, and that's be you-- be what you're like-- be like yourself. And so I'm having a wonderful time, but I'd rather be whistling in the dark..."

OK, so I just got the updated version of LH. The last version was working great until yesterday, all of a sudden, it started doing that whole flip back thing with pages...click next page and goes back to first. SO, then i got update...ugh it still does it.

With Tom Tom, Im not getting an error message pop up all the time about it. PLEASE FIX...This is the best addon ever, i just want it to work like it used to before 2.4.

Originally posted by mollie1018 OK, so I just got the updated version of LH. The last version was working great until yesterday, all of a sudden, it started doing that whole flip back thing with pages...click next page and goes back to first. SO, then i got update...ugh it still does it.

With Tom Tom, Im not getting an error message pop up all the time about it. PLEASE FIX...This is the best addon ever, i just want it to work like it used to before 2.4.

You will find, if you spend enough time working with Computer Scientists, that the phrase "It was working great, until all of a suddenn..." is a completely false phrase. Something always changes, whether its you updating an addon, or accessing some functionality that you previously didn't. I can't magically troubleshoot for you.. and LightHeaded doesn't flip the page back on its own. Some addon of yours is periodically calling SelectQuestLogEntry(). You have to be the one to figure out which it is, and why this is happening.

Also, telling me you have an error, in the wrong addon, while DEMANDING that I fix it, isn't the best way to get things done. I am not psychic. I cannot fix errors that haven't been reported. Give me the text of the error message, or something, and report it in the correct addon.

I'm all for making sure things work, but if you want customer service you have to do your part.

__________________
"There's only one thing that I know how to do well and I've often been told that you only can do what you know how to do well, and that's be you-- be what you're like-- be like yourself. And so I'm having a wonderful time, but I'd rather be whistling in the dark..."

One of your addons is conflicting and needs to be updated. The LightHeaded API changed in 2.4 and it needs to be changed accordingly.

__________________
"There's only one thing that I know how to do well and I've often been told that you only can do what you know how to do well, and that's be you-- be what you're like-- be like yourself. And so I'm having a wonderful time, but I'd rather be whistling in the dark..."

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